Seed-planting means.



No. 851,171. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907. R. C. ISRAEL.

SEED PLANTING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.1. 1906. RBNEWBD SEPT. 17I 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN C. ISRAEL, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

SEED-PLANTING MEANS.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RE'UBEN C.' ISRAEL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State ofKansas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inSeed-Planting Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a method of preparing seeds for planting,wherein the seeds are enclosed at spaced intervals in a flexible holdingstripof paper or the like; and the present improvement has for itsobject to provide means whereby the germination of seeds, arranged inthe above mentioned manner, is insured in a very effective and certainmanner; all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

he accompanying drawing is an elevation of a portion of a flexible seedcarrying strip embodying the present invention, a portion of the stripbeing shown unfolded to better illustrate the arrangement of parts.

Referring to the drawing 1 represents a narrow strip or band of paper orlike cheap and pliable material, u on which the seeds 2 are placed inspaced re ation, after which the margins of the strip are brought overthe seeds to enclose the same by any usual folding or twisting of thestrip.

The material part of the present invention involves in an arrangementsubstantially as above set forth, the provision of a layer, body orcoating 3, of any usual and suitable fertllizing substance upon thestrip 1, in adjacent relation to the seeds 2; and it is within the scopeof the present invention to arrange such fertilizing material, as smallindividual layers or masses in contact with the seeds, as shown in theaccompanying drawing, or to form a coating of the fertilizing mater1alalong the entire surface of the strip 1 ,.or, again, to saturate saidstrip with a fertlllzer in solution.

The merit of the present improvement lies in the fact that thefertilizer is in intimate contact, so that rapid and perfect germinationof the seed is insured after the usual planting operation.

Having thus fully described my said 1nvention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is :w

1. A seed plantin means consisting of an elongated strip of p iablematerial, seeds in spaced relation enclosed therein, and a fertllizingmaterial placed in adjacent relat1on to the seeds and carried by saidstrip.

2. A seed plantin means consistlng of an Y elongated strip of p iablematerial, seeds in spaced relation enclosed therein, and individuallayers of fertilizing material laced in contact with said seeds andcarrie by said stri Signed at Oswego, Kansas, this 9th day of February,1906.

REUBEN C. ISRAEL. Witnesses F eby. 24, 1906:

E. E. FORD, W. E.- DUNAWAY.

